John muere al final

Insomnia; 6

by David Wong

Print book, 562 pages

Spanish language

Published Nov. 10, 2014 by Valdemar.

ISBN:: 978-84-7702-785-0
OCLC Number:: 904701862

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(108 reviews)

Stop: No deberías haber puesto tus manos en este libro. No, no lo dejes. Es demasiado tarde. Ellos te están observando.

Mi nombre es David Wong. Mi mejor amigo es John. Son nombres falsos. Puede que no desees saber nada sobre las cosas que leerás en estas páginas: lo de la salsa, lo de Korrok, lo de la invasión y el futuro. Pero es demasiado tarde. Has tocado el libro. Ya formas parte del juego. Estás bajo el ojo. La droga se llama «salsa de soja», y proporciona a sus consumidores una ventana a otra dimensión. Ni John ni yo pudimos evitarlo. Tú todavía puedes. Siento haberte involucrado en esto, en serio. Pero cuando leas sobre estos terribles sucesos y la época sumamente oscura en la que el mundo está a punto de sumergirse por su causa, es crucial que recuerdes una cosa: yo no tengo la culpa de nada …

Stop: No deberías haber puesto tus manos en este libro. No, no lo dejes. Es demasiado tarde. Ellos te están observando.

David Wong (Illinois, USA, 1975), seudónimo de Jason Pargin, escritor de humor y editor de la web satírica Cracked.com, cursó estudios de radio y televisión en la Southern Illinois University. En 1999 comenzó a publicar en su propia web de humor Pointless Waste of Time (Absurda Pérdida de Tiempo) un serial en línea que llegó a contar con setenta mil lectores. Esta historia por entregas, de la que Wong iba publicando un episodio nuevo cada día de Halloween, es la fuente original de la posterior novela John muere al final (2007), en cuya redacción reconoce su autor haber tenido en cuenta los comentarios y críticas que los lectores aportaban tras la aparición de cada capítulo.

El director de culto entre los aficionados al cine de terror Don Coscarelli (Fantasma, Bubba Ho-Tep) quedó inmediatamente fascinado tras leer la disparatada historia de Wong y se embarcó en su versión cinematográfica. La película se estrenó finalmente con el mismo título de la novela en 2013.

11 editions

FediversalPublicFriend reviewed John Dies at the End (John Dies at the End, #1) by David Wong

Decent horror, awful humour

2 stars

The novel doesn't do a very good job fusing horror and comedy. Both exist in the book, but it feels more like there are designated horror segments and designated comedy/action segments that you whip between at the author's whim. The horror is quite evocative and enjoyable, but the bulk of the book is the action and the comedy, which is so bad it's insulting. It's not witty or clever, it's crass, violent, and gratuitously edgy, with penis and shit jokes and characters who say slurs and bad guys who punch everyone in the balls making up the bulk of the author's comedic repertoire.

If you enjoy that sort of stuff, you might find the book enjoyable. I certainly don't object to reading books with transgressive, strange, or potentially offensive material, but in this novel it feels like meaningless shock humour, edge for the sake of edge, serving no purpose other than to make you go "omg did he REALLY just say that?!?!?!?!" after the bad guy sings some pop song with the lyrics rewritten to be half racial slurs. It's an agonising read if the humour doesn't work for you, and it did not work for me at all.

Christian Borup reviewed John dies at the end by David Wong

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3 stars

Lovecrafian horror with fart jokes... Well, more penis jokes than fart jokes to be fair.

Zivan reviewed John Dies at the End by David Wong (John Dies at the End, #1)

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4 stars

This book is full of horrific descriptions, but they are so over the top that my fear response did not engage.

I ended up enjoying John Dies at the End as a bedtime read.

The happy go lucky attitude that is exuded by David and John, and the fact that despite the title they seem quite immune to all the horror, left me without a shred of dread.

Cheri reviewed John dies at the end by David Wong

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1 star

1.5 stars

So happy to be done I haven't been so happy to finish a book in a long time. The concept is really interesting and I wanted to care but the constant penis jokes/taunts/fascination, use of the word "retarded" as a descriptor for people or situations, and, well, the author's voice and style all combined to make this a painful read. I wouldn't have finished it at all if I didn't need a book starting with "J" for an A-Z title challenge.

I'm sure I would have enjoyed it much more if I were a teen-aged boy.

The Gnome King reviewed John Dies at the End by David Wong (John Dies at the End, #1)

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5 stars

This book is complete and utter nonsense!!!!

Read at your own peril.

One of the funniest books I have read in a long time, David and John bounce from scene to scene without a care in the world, if something is going to happen then it will and how they deal with each situation is hilarious. John is such a good character and the stories that David Wong tells are brilliant in how absurd they are.

The only real weakness in the book is when the pace slows down the story does struggle to keep going, luckily this doesn't happen too often so I am still gonna give this 5 stars.

I recently watched the movie version of this book and it was adapted well, all my favourite little bits from the book had been included.

Old_Tim reviewed John Dies at the End by David Wong (John Dies at the End, #1)

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3 stars

Maybe you’ve been in this situation: You’re at a party, or a bar, and you find yourself talking to some guy sitting or standing next to you. It’s late, and everyone is a bit altered, but this guy seems to be beyond the norm. His eyes are wide and he’s a bit manic. He’s telling some story and you can’t remember how it started. But it just seems to go on and on getting more improbable the longer he talks. The story barely makes any sense, and you don’t believe a word of it. But clearly he does. He’s emphatic that no, this stuff happened to him and his friend. No, his friend’s not here, but if he were, he would back up this story 100%. So this story keeps going on and on, and you find yourself thinking “how did I get in this situation” and eventually “oh God, …

Nikita reviewed John dies at the end by David Wong

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4 stars

Weird. Good read, but still, weird.

Jamie reviewed John Dies at the End by David Wong (John Dies at the End, #1)

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1 star

First abandoned book of 2013!

Viscera! Ooze! Gore! The more, the funnier! (I guess?) Author's favorite adjective?: "retarded". I abandoned this one after the fifth instance.

Jack Baty reviewed John Dies at the End by David Wong (John Dies at the End, #1)

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4 stars

Hilarious and scary

John Kelly reviewed John Dies at the End by David Wong (John Dies at the End, #1)

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2 stars

Is this some experiment in allowing a first-time writer to publish a book without ever sending it through the traditional editing process? A blisteringly entertaining opening gives way to a glacial middle third, and then the book just fizzles to a close without any sense of any sort of through-line or cohesion. I guess the through-line and cohesion would appear if you read the follow-up, but honestly, after slogging my way through this, I don't think I'll return for seconds, thanks.

ghostchaser reviewed John Dies at the End by David Wong (John Dies at the End, #1)

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3 stars

like a bad LSD trip you need to ride it to the end.

Eduardo Santiago reviewed John Dies at the End by David Wong (John Dies at the End, #1)

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4 stars

This was... really fun. Overtones of Joss Whedon and Carl Hiaasen, all in good ways. Smart characters, sassy dialog, improbable situations accepted with total coolness. Deliciously unpredictable. And did I mention fun?

I started it last night, desperate for some bubblegum after failing with [b:Infinite Jest|6759|Infinite Jest|David Foster Wallace|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165604485s/6759.jpg|3271542], and found quite a bit more than I was expecting. Delightfully more.